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issued an <A HREF="http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html">official response</A> to
GCC 2.96. Many developers around the world began having problems with GCC 2.96,
and started recommending other compilers. Examples are
<A HREF="http://www.apachelabs.org/apr-mbox/200106.mbox/%3c20010623194228.C25512@ebuilt.com%3e">Apache</A>,
<A HREF="http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-3.23.html">MySQL</A>,
<A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/news-old1.htm">avifile</A> and
<A HREF="http://www.winehq.com/news/?view=92#RH%207.1%20gcc%20fixes%20compiler%20bug">Wine</A>.
Other interesting links are
<A HREF="http://www.realtimelinux.org/archives/rtai/20017/0144.html">Real time Linux</A>,
<A HREF="http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/docs/kernel-newsflash.html">
Linux kernel news flash about kernel 2.4.17</A> and
<A HREF="http://www.voy.com/3516/572.html">Voy Forum</A>.
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bugs, especially since some workarounds may imply a performance penalty.</P>
<P>You can read about the other side of the story
<A HREF="http://www.bero.org/gcc296.html">at this site</A>.
<A HREF="http://web.archive.org/web/20011024212120/http://www.bero.org/gcc296.html">at this site</A>.
GCC 2.96 does not allow | (pipe) characters in assembler comments
because it supports Intel as well as AT&amp;T Syntax and the | character is a
symbol in the Intel variant. The problem is that it <B>silently</B> ignores the
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If you want to compile with 2.96 give the <CODE>--disable-gcc-checking</CODE>
flag to configure. Remember that you are on your own and <B>do not report any
bugs</B>. If you do, you will only get banned from our mailing list because
we have had more than enough flame wars over GCC 2.96. Please let the matter rest.</P>
we have had more than enough flame wars over GCC 2.96. Please let the matter
rest.</P>
<P>If you have problems with GCC 2.96, you can get 2.96-85 packages from the
Red Hat <A HREF="ftp://updates.redhat.com">ftp server</A>, or just go for the
3.0.4 packages offered for version 7.2 and later. You can also get
<A HREF="ftp://people.redhat.com/jakub/gcc3/3.1-1/">gcc-3.1 packages</A>
(unofficial, but working fine) and you can
install them along the GCC 2.96 you already have. MPlayer will detect it and
use 3.1 instead of 2.96. If you do not want to or cannot use the binary
packages, here is how you can compile GCC 3.1 from source:</P>
<A HREF="ftp://people.redhat.com/jakub/gcc/3.2-10/">gcc-3.2-10 packages</A>
(unofficial, but working fine) and you can install them along the GCC 2.96 you
already have. MPlayer will detect it and use 3.2-10 instead of 2.96. If you do
not want to or cannot use the binary packages, here is how you can compile the
latest GCC from source:</P>
<OL>
<LI>Go to the <A HREF="http://gcc.gnu.org/mirrors.html">GCC mirrors page</A>
page and download <CODE>gcc-core-3.1.tar.gz</CODE>. This includes the
complete C compiler and is sufficient for MPlayer. If you also want
C++, Java or some of the other advanced GCC features
<CODE>gcc-3.1.tar.gz</CODE> may better suit your needs.</LI>
page and download <CODE>gcc-core-XXX.tar.gz</CODE> where <CODE>XXX</CODE> is
the version number. This includes the complete C compiler and is sufficient
for MPlayer. If you also want C++, Java or some of the other advanced GCC
features <CODE>gcc-XXX.tar.gz</CODE> may better suit your needs.</LI>
<LI>Extract the archive with<BR>
<CODE>tar -xvzf gcc-core-3.1.tar.gz</CODE></LI>
<CODE>tar -xvzf gcc-core-XXX.tar.gz</CODE></LI>
<LI>GCC is not built inside the source directory itself like most programs,
but needs a build directory outside the source directory. Thus you need to
create this directory via<BR>
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<LI>Then you can proceed to configure GCC in the build directory, but you need
the configure from the source directory:<BR>
<CODE>cd gcc-build<BR>
../gcc-3.1/configure</CODE></LI>
../gcc-XXX/configure</CODE></LI>
<LI>Compile GCC by issuing this command in the build directory:<BR>
<CODE>make bootstrap</CODE></LI>
<LI>Now you can install GCC (as root) by typing<BR>
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<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A>
about problems related to these closed-source drivers
and their poor quality, instability and poor user and expert support.
Here is an example from the
<A HREF="http://www.nvnews.net/forum/showthread.php?s=fda5725bc2151e29453b2da3bd5d2930&amp;threadid=14306">
Some examples can be found on the
<A HREF=http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=6d83dc289805c37caef49b77857a0b7e&daysprune=&forumid=27">
nVidia Linux Forum</A>.
Many of these problems/issues keep appearing repeatedly.
We have been contacted by nVidia lately, and they said these bugs